If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. Gerald Good
Category: Ignatian Education
Teach & Serve II, No. 15 – Principle or Principal?
Teach & Serve II, No. 15 – Principle or Principal November 16, 2016 Excellent principals know when not to be principal When I was a kid (and I am sure I am not alone here), the spelling of “principal” was taught to me this way: “The principal is your ‘pal.’ That’s why when you spell the…
EduQuote of the Week: November 14 – November 20, 2016
Education is what allows you to stand out. Ellen Ochoa
Teach & Serve II, No. 14 – Negative/Positive
Teach & Serve II, No. 14 – Negative/Positive November 9, 2016 Part of leadership is to put the positive in perspective while confronting the negative and sorting through it for truth. A good friend of mine said something very interesting to me a few weeks back: “The negative opinion can seem to be the more informed…
EduQuote of the Week: November 7 – November 13, 2016
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Thomas Jefferson
Teach & Serve II, No. 13 – Have a Mission
Teach & Serve II, No. 13 – Have a Mission November 2, 2016 There’s a good question for the day: why are you in education? Let’s bracket something we (hopefully!) know: our jobs working with students, their families, our colleagues and fellow teachers in education are really wonderful. We are lucky to have them; blessed to…
EduQuote of the Week: October 31 – November 6, 2016
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
Teach & Serve II, No. 12 – Don’t Shut the Door on the Library
Teach & Serve II, No. 12 – Don’t Shut the Door on the Library October 26, 2016 My concern is … simple: will people develop a love of reading without the physicality of the activity and without its accompanying shrines? I am so proud of my sister. She has been a children’s librarian for almost…
EduQuote of the Week: October 24 – October 30, 2016
You are always a student, never the master. You have to keep moving forward. Conrad Hall
Teach & Serve II, No. 11 – Failure Is an Option
Teach & Serve II, No. 11 – Failure Is an Option October 19, 2016 Failure, under the right circumstances, is good for us and good for our students. Apollo 13 is a wonderful movie. It has everything I love in film. It’s beautifully directed by Ron Howard, has a great cast featuring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinese, the Oscar…